Disclaimer- Some really cool/rich/genius Japanese guy owns YYH. And... well.. I'm not even a guy.

A/N- And so, even though no one has read anything, here's the non-anticipated chapter two! Maybe this, along with that new summary will hook in a few reviewers. I mean, come on, you can't hate Koenma that much; especially after what I'm going to do with him.

Also, I know technically Yukina wouldn't be a maiden, seeing as she's married, but she's certainly not a 'machine resembling the guillotine, used in Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries to behead criminals.' No, that sounds more like Hiei, to be honest. Anyway, I'm too lazy to go find a better word for it, so deal.

Pairings- Yusuke/Keiko, Kurama/Shizuru, Hiei/Mukuro, Kuwabara/Yukina, Koenma/Botan

Names-
Yuki-
Snow or luck.
Michio- Man with strength of 3,000
Toshi- Mirror Image


Time and Time Again: Chapter Two
K
urama sighed, blowing a wisp of hair from his face. Brown jacket slung over his shoulder he walked at a steady pace down the sidewalk, taking care not to bump into anyone. Not that it was difficult, of course; the streets were practically deserted. While this was odd, Kurama found he couldn't bring himself to be too surprised. It was only three in the morning, after all. Not too many sane people were up at this hour. Kurama wasn't entirely sure why he was up and about himself.

Yet, he found the silence oddly peaceful. It brought a certain calming that he didn't know where to find anywhere else. The Makai was never this quiet, even in the dead of night. It was one of things he was glad about making his stay in the Ningenkai permanent. At times, however, he still felt rather lonely. He didn't often see anyone much; at least, he hadn't visited Yusuke in quite some time, and Hiei was practically impossible to talk to, seeing as he lived in an entirely different world. Literally.

Kurama had, however, visited plenty with Kuwabara and Yukina. Technically, he mused, an idle expression on his face, he was related to the short demon. After all, he was Yukina's brother, and Yukina was married to Kuwabara, who was the brother of Shizuru, who happened to be Kurama's wife. So very, very complicated. And of course, neither the ex-Spirit Detective or the small ice maiden were the wiser of their relation to the fire demon.

The ancient fox let out another heavy sigh, looking up to the stars. Of course, it had been many years since he last sought out Koenma or Boton. Though, he suspected the demi-god hardly wanted to be visited. He was busy, of course, but towards the end of their saga Kurama had the sneaking suspicion that the Prince would find it very difficult to leave it all behind without their pestering visits.

We can always remember, when we need to, like you did just now, Kuwabara.

It seemed like such a long time ago he had mentioned those words at Genkai's temple, as they headed down the stairs for one last romp on the beach. Surprisingly enough, Yusuke's mentor was alive and well, and they had yet to face that terrible ordeal.

We can always remember...

A sharp, high-pitched cry rang out on the quiet street, and for one frantic moment, Kurama dropped his coat on the ground, falling into a ready, fighting stance, his green eyes darting about, searching for any signs of trouble. There was nothing, and he rendered himself confused, before-THUNK!

Kurama couldn't breathe. Something was gripping his torso so tightly it was as if his lungs were having all their air squeezed out. He was going to die, whatever it was that held him was never letting go, he'd be suffocated. But what was gripping him? Maybe if he could figure out what it was, he could get the iron-tight monster off his-Oh. Wait. It was only Boton.

Kurama blinked.

"...I...can't...breathe...," he gasped, glancing cross-eyed down his nose at the over-excentric ferry girl. Boton released Kurama, and the fox took a moment to breathe in a lot of precious air.

"Sorry," Boton squeaked. Kurama looked down at her, a curious expression on her face. She looked the same as ever, if only slightly older, and was just as bubbly as ever. Well. No. That wasn't right. Boton did look like she was on the verge of tears.

"Boton, what's wrong?" he asked, now both curious and puzzled.

"Oh, Kurama!" She cried, latching back onto him, although her grip wasn't so tight. She began to sob, shining tears falling from her eyes, streaking her face, and drenching Kurama's shirt. "It's so awful!"

"There, there," Kurama soothed, patting her somewhat awkwardly on the back. The few passersby were giving them rather odd looks. "It's all right."

"No it isn't!" Boton howled, her body shaking as she let loose another shuddering sob. "It's not all right! Oh, Kurama, how could they do this!"

"Do what, Boton?" Kurama asked swiftly, his voice soft yet firm. "I can't help you if I don't know what's wrong."

"...Koenma..." was all he could make from her muffled crying.

"What about Koenma? He's all right, Boton."

"How can you say that! He's not ok!"

"You need to tell me what's wrong." Kurama was starting to grow impatient. Whatever it was that was wrong must have been bad for Boton to react like this, and it was killing him no knowing what it was.

"Oh, they took him, Kurama! They took Koenma!"

"Who took him?" Kurama asked in a hushed tone, his eyes wide with shock. Who would want to kidnap the God? Who would be able to kidnap him in the first place?

"I don't know," Boton said, calming some. The tears still fell, though she wasn't sobbing quite as badly anymore. "But they took him, Kurama. And they're going to kill him!" The fox felt his insides chill. If someone killed Koenma... he didn't even want to think of what that might do.

"Ok, Boton, let's think rationally," Kurama said, prying the poor ferry girl from his chest. He didn't need to look down to know his shirt was absolutely soaked. He paused for a moment, thinking. What would be best to do now? He really needed more information, but whoever had gotten to Koenma might be after Boton. "Boton, you don't know who took Koenma?" The ferry girl rapidly shook her head.

"N-no... They sent all the ogres to the Makai...," she said, trailing off as she bit back another sob. "And... And sent all of the ferry girls to the Ningenkai... Koenma sensed something was wrong, I just know it... He probably went looking for me and Jorge...Oh, Kurama! It's so awful!" She flung her arms around him as a new stream of tears broke loose. Kurama sighed, standing there for a moment, before yet again prying her off and away.

"Look, why don't we head over to Kuwabara and Yukina's home, all right? I'm sure they can help," Kurama said soothingly, deciding there on the spot that's where they would head to. If anything it would give Boton a chance to calm down with Yukina, and maybe then they could work out more to the mystery. Kuwabara wasn't a genius, but in recent years he'd proven to be more than stupid. That, and Kurama felt they could both use a strong cup of Yukina's hot chocolate.

"O-Ok...," Boton sniffled. Kurama retrieved his coat, flinging it over his shoulder, and the two set off down the street for the Kuwabara household. With his arm place comfortably around Boton's shoulders, he was receiving odd looks from the pssersby, most of which knew that 'Shuiichi Minamino' was married...

Fifteen long minutes later, in which Kurama had to fight off a blush, the urge to smack someone, and some old lady that attacked him with a purse, accusing him of 'cheating on Shizuru' and calling him...well... it can't be repeated here, the pair arrived at the Kuwabara household. Before he could raise his hand to knock, the door had slid open, to reveal a rather awake Kuwabara, and a sleepy Yukina behind him.

"Hello, Kuwabara," Kurama greeted, ushering Boton inside. Warmth flooded over him, and before long Boton had relaxed slightly beside him. Kuwabara led them into the family room, where Yukina set about making them more comfortable. The ice maiden retrieved blankets, had Kuwabara start a fire, turned up the heating, and then bustled off to the kitchen, where the aroma of hot chocolate, coffee, and some other food he didn't recognize emitted, making the fox all the more relaxed.

"So, what's up?" Kuwabara asked, tossing a concerned glance between the teary-eyed and exhausted Boton to Kurama, who housed relief and a wet shirt. "I sense something was up... and when both of you headed this way, I figured something was wrong."

"Yes, well, there is something wrong," Boton moaned, shaking her head. Kurama was afraid she might cry again. "Terribly wrong..." Kuwabara gave her a blank look, and turned back to Kurama for some answers.

"I'm afraid," Kurama began, shaking his head; it still hadn't sunk in, "that Koenma has been kidnapped." Kuwabara looked between the two, his expression clearly stating something along the lines of 'That's all? You woke us up for that?'

"Kidnapped?" Kuwabara repeated. Yukina manuvered into the room, coffee and hot chocolate gathered on a serving tray. She set the tray before them, taking a cup of hot chocolate for herself. The others followed suit, unconsciously wondering why Yukina even bothered to make coffee; if Yukina made it, then everyone drank hot chocolate, even Hiei who had a certain fondness for disliking anything human.

"Yes, well," Kurama stumbled, realizing how silly it sounded aloud. Koenma had been kidnapped before.

"Of course it sounds silly," Boton said in an exasperated tone, shaking her head, almost as if she could read their minds. "Do you think if he was just kidnapped I'd be making such a fuss over it?" The boys contemplated this, and she did have a point... "For crying out loud, they kidnapped Koenma because they want to kill him!"